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Dictionaryprofitieren

Quality-approved learning entryVerbLevel B1

profitieren

benefit

to gain an advantage, benefit, or useful effect from something

IPA/pʁofitˈtiːʁən/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 88%

to gain an advantage, benefit, or useful effect from something

Die Teilnehmer profitieren von den praktischen Übungen.

Das Unternehmen profitiert von der hohen Nachfrage.

Alle im Team profitieren von seiner Erfahrung.

The usual construction is von + dative. The benefit can be financial, practical, educational, or more general.

Learn the pattern von etwas profitieren: von der Erfahrung profitieren.

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Which preposition normally follows profitieren?

profitieren is intransitive and normally takes von + dative: von etwas profitieren. It means to gain an advantage or benefit.